07-02-2026 By SJA Jafri + Bureau Report ISLAMABAD/ KARACHI: Pakistan’s military says it has arrested four “facilitators” who helped the attacker in Friday’s deadly Islamabad mosque bombing as authorities intensify a security crackdown amid rising concerns over cross-border attacks. Thousands of mourners gathered in the capital on Saturday to bury …

06-02-2026 By SJA Jafri + Bureau Report ISLAMABAD/ KARACHI: The death toll from a massive bombing that tore through a Shiite Mosque & Imambargah Khadija-tu-Kubra on the outskirts of Islamabad during Friday prayers has risen to 36, a Pakistani official said. Nearly 173 people were injured, government officials and rescue …

05-02-2026 By SJA Jafri + Bureau Report QUETTA/ KARACHI: Pakistani security forces have killed at least 145 fighters in the restive Balochistan province in a manhunt launched after a series of coordinated gun and bomb attacks that left nearly 50 people dead. The announcement on Sunday came a day after …

03-02-2026 By SJA Jafri + Bureau Report QUETTA/ KARACHI: A series of gun and bomb attacks across Pakistan’s south-western Balochistan province killed 18 civilians and 15 security service personnel, the country’s military says. Security forces responding to the violence killed at least 147 attackers, the military said. The Balochistan Liberation …

Pakistan attacks kill 15; dozens of militants dead 31-01-2026 By SJA Jafri + Bureau Report QUETTA/ ISLAMABAD/ KARACHI: Separatists launched “coordinated” attacks across Pakistan’s Balochistan province on Saturday, killing at least 10 security personnel and five civilians, an official told PMI, the latest violence in the insurgency-hit southwestern region. Officials …

30-01-2026 By SJA Jafri + Bureau Report PESHAWAR/ TIRAH: More than 70,000 people, mostly women and children, have fled from Tirah, a remote region in northwestern Pakistan bordering Afghanistan, as fears grow of an imminent military offensive against the Pakistan Taliban, according to local residents and officials. Pakistan’s Defence Minister …

25-01-2026 By SJA Jafri KARACHI: The death toll in a fire which engulfed a shopping centre in Pakistan has climbed to 71, police have confirmed. Police say 77 people are currently reported as missing by their families following the fire at Gul Plaza, in Pakistan’s largest city Karachi, on Saturday …

23-01-2026 By SJA Jafri ISLAMABAD: Pakistan’s defence manufacturing industry is running red hot since its jets, drones and missiles earned the coveted ‘combat tested’ tag in a conflict with India last year, attracting a slew of interested buyers. Islamabad has held talks with 13 countries, six to eight of which …

11-01-2026 By SJA Jafri + Bureau Report ISLAMABAD/ RIYADH: The Sino-Pakistani JF-17 Thunder has emerged as a surprise candidate for Saudi Arabia’s next fighter jet, according to a recent report. While a mutual defense pact signed with Pakistan would help open the door to the transfer of JF-17s to Saudi …

04-01-2026 By SJA Jafri + Bureau Report ISLAMABAD/ KARACHI/ LAHORE: A court in Pakistan has sentenced several journalists and social media commentators to life imprisonment after convicting them of inciting violence during riots in 2023 linked to the arrest of former Prime Minister Imran Khan. An anti-terrorism court judge, Tahir …